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LexisNexis U.S. has introduced LexisNexis PatentOptimizerª v2.0, an enhanced version of the revolutionary service for the drafting and analysis of patent applications and granted patents. The service is part of the growing portfolio of intellectual property (IP) offerings from LexisNexis that give users the precise and relevant information to make informed...

Barrasso Consulting LLC, a leading discovery planning, collection and review firm, has announced the opening of an additional office at 241 North Avenue, West in Westfield, NJ, only a few blocks from Barrasso's two other Westfield locations.

Karen Giannelli, chair of the Financial Restructuring & Creditor's Rights Department at Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., recently was elected president of the New Jersey Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (NJTMA). The Turnaround Management Association, which has its national base in Chicago, is the only...

King & Spalding LLP has announced a number of key appointments as part of a strategic expansion of the firm's London business. These appointments will result in a significant increase in the range of services King & Spalding can offer its clients out of London.

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Joseph Sverchek has joined its New York office as a partner. Mr. Sverchek is an experienced capital markets attorney who also has expertise in corporate, international, banking and financial services law.
Mr. Sverchek regularly represents sponsors and placement agents in connection with the structuring of asset-...

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) has released the findings of its third Top of Mindª: A Survey of Senior In-House Counsel. The survey continues its research into the concerns of corporate decision makers and addresses the most important issues facing in-house counsel to Fortune500 and 1000 companies in the United States.

Pitney Hardin llp has announced that four attorneys have been elected to the partnership, effective January 1. They are: Paul J. Halasz of the Litigation group and, from the Corporate group, Michael J. Guerriero, Michael T. Rave, and David A. Sussman.
Mr. Halasz counsels clients in a variety of business contexts, including, distribution and marketing law...

Cozen O'Connor was recently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for the fourth consecutive year. The firm placed 11th out of 50 in the large employer category, which included only organizations with 250 or more employees. Cozen O'Connor was one of five Philadelphia companies named and the only law firm named to the list.
"It is...

The chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department rejoined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP as a partner in the Philadelphia office last month.
Steven B. Davis, who has headed the Insurance Department's Office of Chief Counsel since 2003, will co-chair the firm's nationally recognized insurance practice group with current chair Craig R....

Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP (WRF) has announced the election of six new partners to the firm effective January 1. Joining the partnership are Thomas W. Antonucci, John D. Cole, Karalee C. Morell, Daniel B. Pickard, Benjamin B. Reed and Kathryn Comerford Todd.
Mr. Antonucci, a member of WRF's Business & Finance, Communications and Election Law...

Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP has announced the opening of a Silicon Valley office.
Located in Redwood Shores, the new office expands Brown Raysman's presence in California, where the firm currently maintains a 20-attorney office in Los Angeles.
Two new Brown Raysman partners, Marc Sockol, previously with Squire Sanders, and Leah...

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP has announced that Lynn Rzonca, a partner in the Litigation Department, has been appointed managing partner of the Philadelphia office, effective January 1. Of the top 15 AmLaw firms in the Philadelphia region, Ballard is one of only three firms with a female managing partner in an office.

Goodwin Procter LLP recently announced the three recipients of the Goodwin Diversity Fellowship.
All of the recipients are minority second-year law students. The Fellowship provides $15,000 to each recipient in recognition of his/her exceptional academic performance, outstanding leadership, a commitment to community service, interest in the private...

The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) recently
presented an educational program for lawyers titled Tips for Handling Complex
Litigation at the Wellesley Inn in Fairfield, NJ. The program covered the types
of cases involved in complex litigation and how to prepare for them if you are a
solo practitioner or a member of a small firm...

Eisner LLP, a middle-market accounting and business advisory services firm, has announced that it has added Timothy P. Speiss as the partner-in-charge of the firm's new Personal Wealth Advisors practice group.
Mr. Speiss brings to the firm his experience as co-practice leader of the national private client advisory services practice at a big four firm.

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. has established a permanent presence in the Southwest with a new office in Austin, TX. The office, located in the San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Boulevard was founded by directors Madeleine Kadas and Laura LaValle. Additionally, former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Deputy Director Lydia Gonzalez Gromatzky is...

Cozen O'Connor members Arthur J. Abramowitz, William D. Lavery, Jr. and Ira G. Megdal were recently named Awesome Attorneys 2005 in South Jersey Magazine . The Awesome Attorneys list was compiled from The Best Lawyers in America 2006, which includes listings for more than 23,000 lawyers in virtually every major specialty of law in all 50 states and the...

Integrity Interactive has announced its latest service - Integrity Disclosuresm, which allows companies around the globe to solicit, process and document key information from their employees and use the results to better monitor, manage and report on the effectiveness of their overall compliance programs.

King & Spalding LLP has announced that Robert D. Hays Jr. has been elected chairman of the firm. He succeeded Walter W. Driver Jr. on the conclusion of Mr. Driver's second three-year term at the end of 2005.
A trial lawyer in product liability and mass tort litigation, Mr. Hays joined King & Spalding in 1983 and since 1999 has served two terms as...

Two attorneys from the Philadelphia office of Nixon Peabody have been recognized by the publishers of Philadelphia Magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyer magazine, an annual listing of the best lawyers in over 20 states.